Joanne Bacon Email & Phone Number

Princeton, New Jersey, United States

Supporting monthly and quarterly financial close processes, including developing variance analyses focusing on comparison of results vs. budget, projection and prior year and documenting of the key variance drivers. Assisting in IT reorganization efforts, performing analysis of actual spend and transfer of actual PO/SO, contractor and various other 3rd.

Princeton, New Jersey

• Provided the overall management, and coordination of financial data in support of the Project and Portfolio Management (PPM) Service and tool. Included month end and quarter close, projections and budget. Governed.
• Delivered executive visibility to project and program status and costs by conducting monthly financial variance analyses for presentation to senior leadership which enabled easier spending decisions.
• Owned and managed the data feeds to Finance to support the Chargeback / Allocation and Capitalization processes.
• Contributed to creation of training decks and provided classroom/virtual training sessions on the Project and Portfolio Management System.
• Successfully executed new allocation and direct charge system, providing improvement to visibility to actual spend. Designed tracking and repair technique for unprocessed charges, which improved financial control.
• Designed and delivered a simplified contractor tracking tool to analyze $9M annual spend against projected estimates. Tool allowed projects to be delivered on budget.

Princeton, NJ

• Executed and Managed the IT Project Work Intake Operation of 500+ projects annually and ran the Demand Forecasting Process for IT Services.
• Influenced and monitored investment and project activity, utilizing program metrics, which led to reprioritization of project work and investments.
• Facilitated monthly review of incremental revenue with supply groups, and provided analysis and support as needed for budget and projections.
• Supplied financial project data to IM Finance and acted as key contact for the Financial Allocations process. Proactively solicited feedback from key stakeholders, advised and assisted Business Capability Managers and.

Princeton, NJ

• Provided financial support including budget creation, quarterly projections and ad hoc analyses to Application Services and Enterprise Data Management for a $80M budget.
• Identified risks and opportunities by collaborating with service delivery managers to prepare the annual budget. Oversaw monthly accruals and reported into IT Finance.
• Key support for the management of 30 cost centers and various analyses such as unallocated capacity calculation and attrition to support budget and projection process.
• Aligned with IM Finance and supported the cost center level guidelines for cost reductions; influenced the outcome of those costs within budget and projections.

Princeton, NJ

• Managed the Treasury Services function for the North American Global Shared Services organization including daily cash management, US and foreign currency disbursements, relationship banking, accounting and compliance.
• Oversaw daily cash position calculation for reporting to Corporate Treasury. Managed cash outlay for North America ($25B+/year) and SAP processes related to cash disbursement. Managed 20+ bank accounts (domestic and.
• Led knowledge transfer of 50+ processes and procedures to outsourcing company and was subject matter expert for the transition.
• Managed Treasury Implementation for Canada onto SAP and implemented ACH payment system for Canadian dollar payables. Managed Treasury Implementation for Swiss Distribution Company and adopted European payment model.
• Led team to convert 90% of remaining US payables from checks to ACH and reduced manual foreign currency payments by 95%.